After the awesome mountain climb of yesterday, we got right back to work on painting the stage. We spent time last night talking about the climbing experience and what a high it was. We were joined in our devotions by a friend of Eric's who is a social worker for the Gallup area schools. She told us about the poverty and sad home situations of many of the kids in the area. We also learned more about the culture in our visit yesterday at the Navajo museum.
The photo below is a view of Church Rock on our way down from the mountain yesterday. One thing we talked about is how we can get so focused on our struggles to climb up that we forget to stand back and look at the big beautiful picture sometimes.
Here are a few more scenes from yesterday:
Flea Market
Navajo Museum
This afternoon, Scott, Betsy & I helped out with the after school program while the others finished up the painting job. As I talked with a little first grade girl on the bus to the library, I heard just a bit of her sad home situation and it was heart-breaking. She was from one of the other schools in the area.
For supper, we joined the Rehoboth CRC for supper at the fellowship hall and had an opportunity to talk to more people. Soon, we will be meeting with Ron Polander who is the Executive Director here, and he will give us more of the background to Rehoboth.
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